About Learning for life

Learning for Life is a character education program designed to support schools and community- based organizations in their efforts to prepare youth to successfully handle the complexities of our contemporary society.

Our curriculum prepares students to enhance their self-confidence, motivation, and self-esteem. The program uses age-appropriate, grade-specific lesson plans to give youth skills and information that will help them make positive decisions for themselves, their families and their futures.

Learning for Life makes academic learning fun and relevant to real-life situations in age appropriate and grade specific material. As a result, the positive character traits and skills learned by participation in Learning for Life not only make students more confident and capable, but also give them an invaluable understanding of how things work in the real world. Schools will see higher attendance rates and fewer disciplinary actions.

The Learning for Life curriculum focuses on nine character attributes:

Respect

Responsibility

Honesty/Trust

Caring/Fairness

Perseverance

Self-Discipline

Life Skills

Courage

Citizenship

Learning for Life incorporated in 1991 as a nonprofit organization. We have 264 local offices across the country and also serve international education institutions. Since our incorporation, we have served over two million youth who will grow up to be our future leaders.

mission statement

To empower students to build exceptional character and leadership skills by guiding them through an innovative, research-based curriculum that enhances the learning experience and teaches the skills necessary to succeed both academically and throughout their lives.

VISION

To provide engaging and relevant PreK-12 solutions that positively impact academic performance, social & emotional maturity, character development, and career education for all students.

PILLARS

Uplifting Students. Building Character.
Defining Leadership.

Learning for life incorporates real life situations for students to think about and be able to reflect upon as it relates to their own experience in and out of school. The hands on and role playing activities allow our students to be able to apply them to real situations. Our mediation requests have gone down significantly since incorporating these lessons in the classroom I believe partly because students are able to problem solve on their own before they need an adult to intervene.

Audra Pennant
, Corr Elementary

We have had the LFL program for many years and it has become part of our curriculum to provide character lessons to our students on a consistent basis. Over the years, teachers have witnessed first-hand the benefits of incorporating character attributes in their daily routine, students feel a better sense of belonging, tend to respect the rules, and get along better with each other thus reducing the incidents of fighting, bullying, and classroom disruptions.

Francesca Lampugnani
, Southwood Elementary

Keep it up what you are doing; you never know when you will change someone’s life.

Participant in Learning to Lead
, Fifth-Grade Leadership Training and Team Building

National Executive Board

Executive Director of Texas Pioneer Foundation.
Fred created the foundation along with the members of the board of directors of Central Texas Higher Education Authority, Inc. The foundation makes grants for educational purposes that include leadership and character development, access and success in postsecondary education, support for public school foundations, history and civics and literacy and life skills.

Bray Barnes serves as the Director, National Cybersecurity Institute, Washington, DC, and is the Founder and Principal of Security Evaluation and Solutions Group, LLC that provides three unique Homeland Security cornerstones of service employing industry-wide Best Management Practices. Bray Barnes is licensed in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., has more than twenty years experience in the legal profession. Prior to Mr. Barnes’ legal career, he served in law enforcement for eleven years, on active duty with the United States Army and served as a Radio Operator during the Vietnam War. While working full time as a police officer in New Jersey and while he and his wife, Patty, raised a family, Bray attended school at night for 7 ½ years earning an Associates Degree from Brookdale College, a Bachelors Degree summa cum laude and Masters Degree from the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice as well as his Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Seton Hall University School of Law.

Kevin is the director and national public education leader with more than 20 years of for-profit and not-for-profit financial, operational, strategic and governance experience related to financial operations, information technology, and customer or member engagement. P&L and FP&A responsibility for the multi-national manufacturing division of General Electric with $450 million in gross revenues. Governance responsibility for educational, non-profit and governmental entities with gross revenue exceeding $200 million. Solid interpersonal and communication skills related to building key functional teams.

Bluecross Blueshield of Nebraska, Omaha
Vice President of Human Resource & Organizational Development Direct an HR organization focused on transforming a culture to a high performance, employee engaged, high energy, FUN place to work. Responsible for all facets of HR with specific emphasis on Total Rewards System and Talent Management working principally with the Senior Leadership Team and the Board of Directors.

Bill is President and CEO of MCA, Inc. in Poughkeepsie, NY. Net pub is an award-winning digital printing company specializing in short-runs, direct mail, warehousing, distribution, and software solutions. He brings much experience in business, community and nonprofits organizations. Bill, an Eagle Scout, has served as President or Chairman of the Board of several organizations including Private Industry Council Dutchess and Putnam Counties, American Heart Association and United Way of Dutchess County.

Dr. Lewis has had a long and successful career in education. He currently serves as the coordinator or student achievement and Involvement at Frisco Independent School District in Frisco, TX. Most recently he earned the MLK, Jr. President's Cup Education Award and Superintendent of the Year.

Cecilia is Vice President of Strategic Partnership Operations for Wiley Education Services. A lawyer and teacher by training, Cecilia was the Senior Director of Education policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce prior to co-founding Ranku. As a co-founder of Ranku, her responsibilities have included all aspects of the business. Currently she leads the Business Development and Client Services team for Ranku. Within this capacity, she is responsible for maintaining strong relationships with current clients, identifying and qualifying prospective university and system partnerships, developing and sustaining a robust pipeline of opportunities, and leading the development and delivery of our proposals to universities.